Sylvie-Faye Gretchen Marie Coppee

Sylvie-Faye Gretchen Marie Coppee was born September 21, 2005. Her birthday has come and gone. She's now 3. But I really wanted to do a tribute to her for her birthday. She was named after BOTH grandmothers. We didn't know if we'd have another girl, so we made sure we honored both. I love this picture of her. She looks like the newest addition to the Simpson family (that cartoon family on TV). I call these her "Simpson lips".

This little girl was so loved from day 1. I took so many naps with her on me. I just couldn't get enough of my little lady.

Her daddy was thrilled to death! This was exactly what he wanted - a little girl. Ever since he'd seen the movie "I Am Sam" with little Dakota Fanning, he wanted a little blond-haired, blue-eyed girl. And he got it.

Her big brother, John, absolutely adores her. Those two have had a special bond from the beginning.

This little lady had big plans from the beginning. She knew there was a lot she needed to accomplish.

She had battles to fight.


Art to create.

Animals to communicate with.

Work to do.


Fashion trends to start.



Music to compose.


Babies to attend to.

And, most importantly, lots of shoes to try on.

It's a very full, exhausting life she lives.

Sylvie's birthday started with our family tradition - room full of balloons. She had waited a long time for this. She saw John get this for his birthday in July and talked about it for two months.

Grandma and Grandpa Poulsen stopped by bearing gifts for both little ladies and if you thought MY birthday looked more like Christmas, you should have seen what THEY brought. So many fun toys.

And Grandma Marie-Claude from France, whom we have still not had the pleasure of meeting in person, mailed Sylvie a beautiful coloring book and princess card.

Since Sylvie is still so young, we decided just to do a small birthday with friends, so we had the Crandalls over and Erika made this beautiful princess cake for Sylvie-Faye. Sylvie LOVED it!

And decided Erika was her new best friend and insisted on sitting next to her on the couch for the evening.

The cake was so tasty that Sylvie snuck up to the counter and devoured/demolished the rest. I was kind of upset. I wanted to be the one to finish it off. You better believe I grabbed a fork and dug in with her. The Crandalls also gave her the outfit she's wearing in this picture for her birthday.

From mommy and daddy she got a scooter. She had been begging for one for almost an entire year. We actually purchased this two months before her birthday as incentive for her to potty train, but when she would have NOTHING to do with that, we put it away. It was like torture for her. She knew it was in the house, she knew it was hers, but she knew she couldn't touch it until she either potty trained or had a birthday. As you can see, unfortunately, the birthday happened first. She was so sweet to give her little sister rides on it around the house. They were both giggling and having a ball all morning on that thing.

My sweet Sylvie-Faye. I just adore this little lady.

She grows more beautiful every year. She says and does the funniest things. She's a little comedienne with a tender heart who loves babies and animals (especially cats), and her brother and sister...

and also...

Shoes. Glorious shoes.


Not so much pants. Just shoes.